Toy cannon.



'W.. SZLANYI. vToy CANNON. APPLICMIONILED MAR. 5' l9l5.

Patented June 29, 1915.

-WITNE8SES WLLrAM ssLNYI, or New Youn, N. Y., AssIeNoB, 'ro CHARLES NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

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'TOY CANNON.

T aZZ 107mm it may concern;

Be it known that I, WLLIAM SZLNYI, a subject of `the King of Hungary, and a resident orn the city of 'New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Cannons, of which the follow ing is a specification.

The present invention relates to a toy cannon, and has for one ot its objects to provide a toy of this kind which discharges projectiles and simultaneously explodes or lires percussion caps, the latter being, preferably, of the paper cup type.

Another object of the invention is to produce a novel spring-actuated discharging mechanism for the projectiles, which constitutes at the same time a hammer for exploding or firing the fulminate.

A further object of the invention is to provide a toy of the character described which is simple in construction, ellicient in operation, and one that can be manufactured on a commercial scale, or iny other words `which is not so dilicult to produce as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such an article.

With these and other objects in. view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the.

same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood-that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claim without dcparting'from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. o

@ne of the many possible enibodiiinents oli the invention is illustrated in the ziccom-J panying drawings, in whichz- Figure 1 is vertical longitudinal section taken through toy cannon constructed in accordance with the present invention, its parts being in position for discharging the projectiles and for firing the cap; Fig. 2 is a section teken on line 2-2 of i; Fig. 3 is a section taken on line of Il.; 'and Figf is af rear elevation of the same.

In the drawings, the numeral indicates a gun carriage, mounted upon wheels 1l and 1provided with a trail 12. The barrel 13 of the gun is screwed or otherwise liXediy atspeclfication of Letters Patent. patented Jlme 2g. 1915,

Application filed March 5, 1915.

serial No. 12,471.

tached 4to a frame 14, whichincludes two vertically cxtendingparallel plate members 15, the latter abutting against similarly dis-.l posed plate members 16 of the trail 12. A pintle 17 extends through theplutes 15 `and ,6,0 16, and upon the said pintle pivots ythe gun... This pintle is seated furthermore Vin ehsuitj..` ably shaped recess 18 in thetop plate ofthe; carriage. A pin 19, extending through holes 1 20 in the carriage and through one of.,va,row{ f of holes 21' in each plate member 15j, seigve's to fix the position of the gun upon itsfcarf riage. The rows of holes 21 in the plete., members 15 are disposed on arcs, to permit i of an adjustment of the cannon upon "its carriage.

The elements so far described may be of any suitable construction and configuration, the main thing being that they be made in the conventional form of a cannon.

Within the bore 22 of the cannon is slid. ably disposed an ejecting plunger 23, that is 'mounted upon a rearwardly extending stem 24. This stem projects through a hole in the head 26 of the cannon, and is provided upon its free end with a lug 27 for a purpose hereinafter to be described. ln the stem 24: is formed a recess 28, in which the upper edge of the opening 25 is adapted to be seated (Fig. l), for holding the ejecting plunger in its retracted position against the action of the firing and ejecting spring 29, the latter being coiled around the stem 24, and bearing against the plunger 23 and the head 26 of the cannon. ln alinement with the lug 27 is formed upon the head 26 a cap l holder 30. This holder is provided in its rear end with e slot 81 into which the lug 27 of the stem is adapted to be projected by the spring 29.

To the carriage 10 is pivoted a lever 32. This lever has upon its inner end vertically extending portions 33, which extend through apertures 34 in the top plate ol the gun carriage, permitting thus ot a play of said les lover.

The projectiles may be either in the form ot cylindrical bodies which ere adapted to be led into the bore oi' the gnu, or they may be in the form o'li'balis, preferably of 105 rubber.

The operation of the toy as follows: The stem 24 and the ejector plunger 23 carried .thereby are retracted unt-1l the upper edge of the opening 25 is seated in the recess 11e 10 the edge of the opening 25 is unseated fromI Thelever 32i`s then ment lwith the lug 27 ofthe stem (Fig. l), the play above described of the 'lever per#` mittmg such engagementwithout disengaging the upper edge of the opening 25 from' 28" in said stem. The inn is thus cocked,

ought into engagethe recess in said stem. A projectile is then brought into the bore of the cannon, and a paper' cap into'the cap-holder 30. To' lire the piece, the lever 32 is* depressed, whereby the recess inthe stem 24:. Thespring 29 becomes t 'us operative, whereby the plun- 1 ger 23 is orcibly carried forward, striking fthe projectile in front of it,-l and driving it At the same out withA considerable force.

time the lug 27 of the' stem delivers a blow against the cap in the cap holder withv a force enough to explode the fulminate What I ela-im isz- In a. 'toy cannon, the eombination with a gun carria e, of .a barrel pivoted. thereto, means for xing the position of said barrel Y ed with a lug upon its freeend, a eap i2 alinement-with' said lug, a spring for forcing said plunger forward, eoacting mea-ns upon said barrel and said stem for holding the latter in itsretraeted position, and alever pivotedto said carriage adapted `to act,

'at will, upon said stem for disen' agingrsaid last named means, whereby sai spring is rendered operative.

Signed at New York, in .the county of New York,I and State of NewYork, vthis 5th day of Jan., D. 1915.. I 'WiLLiAM SZLNYE.

Witnesses: l

SIGMUND HERZOG, S.' Bmmnum. 

